Below is the current list of items we need to source for the heritage interpretation boxes at the Spike.  Once we have the items (or they are on order) they are shown in blue, however if you think you also have examples please let us know.  The Period is circa 1906.

Items we still need are shown in Red

If you can help please contact Caroline: caroline.wilks@charlotteville.co.uk

Or telephone her at the Spike 01483 569944 or 01483 498420

To learn more about these characters follow this link

Cell 1 – Sarah the single mother

Item 1.1 – Workhouse death notice of husband

Item 1.2 - Childs shoe or blanket

Item 1.3 - Letter from relatives offering her somewhere to stay – this needs to be written by me or a creative minded volunteer

Item 1.4 - Period map showing intended journey (to be travelling northwards with casual wards and potential lodging houses marked along the way) – I am waiting to hear back from SHC to see if they have a Victorian map of Britain we can have a scan of

Item 1.5 - Photo of ‘Girls doing laundry work’ (Image ref. 1533, reproduced by permission of The Children’s Society) – I have this already, Sarah will reproduce this

Item 1.6 - Image of Lodging House in Spitalfields, 1900 (Peter Higginbotham, www.workhouses.org.uk) – I have this already, Sarah will reproduce this

Item 1.7 -  Polishing cloth, old floor wax, or stiff brush (to denote her odd job as a charwoman)

Item 1.8 - Period coins (enough to suggest she could pay for her stay at the casual ward)

Cell 2 – Tom the Soldier

Item 2.1 - Boer War service medal – reference www.casus-belli.co.uk, we might have to have this specially made

Item 2.2 - Discharge papers from the army – can’t find reference for what this would look like without going to the National Archives

Item 2.3 - Papers relating to soldiers pension – ditto

Item 2.4 - Tobacco and a pipe – need to find these

Item 2.5 - A snuff box – need to find this

Item 2.6 - Image of ‘In the Kings Service’ (‘Waifs and Strays’, reproduced by permission of The Children’s Society) – I have this already, Sarah to reproduce

Item 2.7 - Map showing where he’s been and where he might be going – ditto Sarah the single mum’s map

Item 2.8 - Postcard titled ‘The Warriors Return’ (Reproduced by permission of Peter Higginbotham, www.workhouses.org.uk) – I have this, Sarah will reproduce

Item 2.9 – Walking stick or crutch to suggest his disability – need to find this

Cell 3 – Jim the agricultural casual worker

Item 3.1 - A meal ticket – I have example already, Sarah to reproduce

Item 3.2 – ‘Horrors of the Hop Field’ (Penny Illustrated Paper, 1910) – I have this already, Sarah to reproduce

Item 3.3 - Map showing his journey into Kent with casual wards marked along the way – ditto other cell characters

Item 3.4 - A few old pennies – need to find these

Item 3.5 – ‘Where the yops come from’ (Penny Illustrated Paper, 1911) – I have this already, Sarah to reproduce

Item 3.6 – ‘Hop-picking in Kent’ (Penny Illustrated Paper, 1875) – I have this already, Sarah to reproduce

Cell 4 – Will the young lad

Item 4.1 - Written account of his time as a servant (perhaps a mock journal or diary entry) – I (or a creative volunteer) need to write this

Item 4.2 - A ‘servants agreement’ – I have example, Sarah to reproduce

Item 4.3 - Extract from ‘The Enemies of Childhood’  (Our Waifs and Strays, reproduced by permission of The Children’s Society) – I have this, Sarah to reproduce

Item 4.4 - Letter from his mother wishing him well – needs to be written

Item 4.5 - Map showing direction of travel – ditto other characters

Item 4.6 - Newspaper clipping of ‘The Right Stuff to Make Sailors’ (1874) – from the Penny Illustrated Paper (Collect Britain, British Library) – I have this, Sarah to reproduce

Item 4.7 – ‘Trainee Sailors from HMS Ganges’ (Ref. 1601, The Children’s Society) – I have this, Sarah to reproduce

Item 4.8 – ‘A Waif Boy’ (Ref. 5807, The Children’s Society) – I have this, Sarah to reproduce